Habitability in Focus: 45 Rocky Exoplanets Identified in the Habitable Zone, with 24 Prime Candidates

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Researchers used Gaia data and NASA’s Exoplanet Archive to identify 45 rocky exoplanets that could harbor life, with 24 meeting tighter habitability criteria, focusing on worlds in the habitable zone such as TRAPPIST-1 d–g, TOI-715 b, LHS 1140 b, Kepler-186f, Proxima Centauri b and other candidates, including planets with eccentric or edge-of-zone orbits, to guide future observations and potential interstellar missions in a Project Hail Mary–style effort, as Abigail Bohl and Kaltenegger note the value of solar-system analogies for habitability and target selection, while upcoming observatories like JWST, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory, and the LIFE project are identified as key tools.